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Contents of Volume IV. 
bus, 0., 62. — The Great White Egret in New Brunswick, 63. — The Stilt 
Sandpiper ( Micropalamci himcintopus ) on the New Jersey Coast, 62. — 
Notes on New England Birds, 63. — The Frigate Pelican in Nova Scotia, 
64. — Fulmarus glacicdis on the Massachusetts Coast, 64. 
NUMBER II. 
Histoky of the Evening Grosbeak. By Elliott Cows . . . .65 
On the Habits and Nesting of Certain Rare Birds in Texas. By 
William Brewster 75 
Late Fall and Winter Notes on some Birds observed in the Vicin- 
ity of Princeton, N. J. By W. E. D. Scott 81 
Notes on the Breeding Habits of the California Pygmy Owl ( Glau- 
cidium calif or nicum), with a Description of its Eggs. By William 
A. Cooper ............. 86 
The American Brown Creeper. By T. M. Brewer 87 
Notes on Birds observed at Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado. 
By W. E. D. Scott 90 
Nest and Eggs of the Golden-crowned Kinglet ( Regulus satrapa). By 
T. M. Brewer ............ 96 
Notes upon the Distribution, Habits, and Nesting of the Black- 
capped Vireo ( Vireo atricapillus). By William Brewster ... 99 
The Ipswich Sparrow ( Passerculus princeps , Maynard). By W. A. 
Jeffries ............. 103 
Notes on a few Birds occurring in the Vicinity of Portland, Me. 
By Nathan Clifford Brown .......... 106 
Strange Story of a California Bird. By -Miss Fannie Miller . . 109 
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RECENT LITERATURE. 
Aughey’s Notes on the Food of the Birds of Nebraska, 110. — ' Langdon’s Re- 
vised List of Cincinnati Birds, 112; A Woman’s Work as a Naturalist, 113. 
— Maynard’s Birds of Florida, 114. 
GENERAL NOTES, 
Olive-backed Thrush ( Turdus swainsoni) in Texas, 116. — Albinism in the 
Tufted Titmouse, 116. — Hooded Warbler in Western New York, 116. — 
Note on Dendrceca townsendi, 116. — The Yel'ow-rumped Warbler ( Den - 
drceca coronata ) wintering in Swampscott, Mass., 118. — Capture of 
Kirtland’s Warbler (Dendrceca kirtlandi ) in the Bahama Islands, 118. 
— The Eggs of the Redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla), 118. — Rough-winged 
Swallow in Connecticut, 119. — The Loggerhead Shrike ( Collurio ludovi- 
cianus) breeding in Northern New England, 119. — Capture of the Logger- 
head Shrike in Winter in New Hampshire, 119. — The White-rumped and 
Loggerhead Shrikes in Ohio, 120. — The Great Northern Shrike in New 
England, 120. — AEgiothus exilipes in Massachusetts, 121. — Record of the 
Breeding of Crossbills in Northern Vermont in 1796, 121. — Notes on the 
Purple Finch, 122. — Nesting of the Black-throated Bunting (Euspiza arneri- 
cana) in Massachusetts, 122 — Rare Birds in Michigan, 123. — The Cow- 
